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The Retail Media Fermi Paradox: Why Everyone Talks Growth… But Only Amazon & Walmart Win
Recently an essay stopped me in my tracks. My friend Drew Cashmore (Chief Strategy Officer at Vantage) wrote a brilliant piece for his Retail Media Leapfrog Series newsletter that draws a surprising parallel between the famous Fermi Paradox and the current state of retail media. And with Drew's permission I'm sharing sections of his essay in today's podcast.
The piece delves into a big, uncomfortable question: if retail media is such a massive opportunity, why are so few retailers actually winning? I walk through Drew’s concept of the “Retail Media Fermi Paradox” and unpack the structural…
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